Short v. Smith

HENRIOD, Chief Justice:

Appeal from a denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Affirmed

Short was charged in the Salt Lake City, Utah Court by title, chapter and section with forgery,1 a third-degree felony. In detailing, the complaint has the words “did attempt” to commit the offense in the body thereof. He was bound over to the district court and likewise charged by information and the quoted words were deleted by the district judge before Short entered his plea. He was represented by competent counsel and was convicted of the felony before a jury, sentenced and committed. He did not…